Monday
Mar222010
Polls: NHLToL Week 3
Monday · Mar 22 · 2010 | 6:00 AM PDTPolls close Sunday 28 March at 11:59 PM
Eastern Conference
 Montreal Canadiens |
 Tampa Bay Lightning |
NHLToL 25
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 Philadelphia Flyers |
 Carolina Hurricanes |
NHLToL 26
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 Washington Capitals |
 Toronto Maple Leafs |
NHLToL 27
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 New Jersey Devils |
 Pittsburgh Penguins |
NHLToL 28
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 Buffalo Sabres |
 New York Rangers |
NHLToL 29
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 Florida Panthers |
 Atlanta Thrashers |
NHLToL 30
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Western Conference
 Calgary Flames |
 Anaheim Ducks |
NHLToL 31
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 Nashville Predators |
 Vancouver Canucks |
NHLToL 32
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 Edmonton Oilers |
 Dallas Stars |
NHLToL 33
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 St. Louis Blues |
 Los Angeles Kings |
NHLToL 34
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 Colorado Avalanche |
 Minnesota Wild |
NHLToL 35
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 Columbus Blue Jackets |
 Chicago Blackhawks |
NHLToL 36
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Commenting: Feel free to add your comments about the polls below. Keep it short, relevant and friendly. Currently, commenting is unmoderated. Abuse it and commenting will go away. I'd prefer to offer an open discussion but not at the expense of civility. Also, if you choose to announce the logos you've voted for, do it in paragraph form. Comments with long lists will be removed.
Reader Comments (74)
No love for the Preds?
The preds logo sucks. It's overcomplicated. The third jersey version that will be their primary is much better with the simplified colors.
HOW!!!!! is the Canucks logo up 72% on the Predators? The Predators logo bad at all.
It's not that I hate the Canucks logo. But really, it'd be like if the name were the Nashville Cowboys, yet had this sabre-toothed tiger logo. Would that be alright because "they have cowboys in Tennessee", even if the logo doesn't agree with the nickname? Because it's "not the Canucks", it probably wouldn't be alright. Somehow, they're the exception to every rule.
Deciding between the Preds or the 'Nucks was a tough decision. The others were easy for me , as I have bias for the original 6.
I dont get why the Leafs are beating the Caps. All the Leafs logo is is a plain maple leaf with plain font and no detail. I know the Caps logo is just a wordmark but they do it in style.
Brandon, I think its because the Capitals lack representation in their logo of the Capitol city. I think its a great logo, but three stars won't do it. Being a Leafs fan, I hate the Leafs logo artistically but love it because its the logo that represents my team (naturally). In that poll, I have voted for both because I can't decide which it better. A boring leaf with simple writing or cool writing with three stars. Thats a pretty even one.
About this whole Canucks thing, I think Canucks fans are getting a bad rap. If anything, all you guys are going to piss them off and they'll CRUSH every team from here on out. Personally, I think the logo now looks flashy (with the white in the tail) but it still lacks in representation of the team name.
However, people who say you shouldn't consider anything but the actual logo itself are STUPID! OF COURSE you should consider the team name and the city and the history. In fact, its the exact OPPOSITE! Don't just consider the logo itself, consider EVERYTHING, because anything could make or break a logo.
for the record, the name Blackhawks has NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE INDIANS/NATIVE AMERICANS/WHATEVER YOU WISH TO CALL THEM. the team name was originally Black Hawks (two words) but was later shortened to one word. the name came from the original owners World War 1 division. the logo was chosen because the owner felt that the Blackhawk indians, with their bravery/courage, etc represented the ideals of the team. I fail to see any racism in that anywhere.
but
if you want to talk about racism, the Montreal Canadians were originally created to be a Francophone only team. meaning "no english allowed." the french speakers in the city got pissed that the other montreal team (the wanderers) was a predominately english speaking team. they got so outraged that they formed their own team and barred any non-french speaker from playing for them for a while.
@Jeff How were the Montreal Canadiens racist they were created by Ambrose Obrien not because he was pissed with the wanders for being to anglo which he himself was, but because the Wanders GM gave him the idea to create a francophone team. That way the Canadiens would act as a rival to the english speaking wanders (and Renfew) . It was a buisness descion and had nothing to do with rascism.
To add to that they didnt really ban english speaking players from their team they just didnt need any because they had enough good francophone players to win anyways
Surprised to see Minny beating the Avs. Would never happen on the ice, though
not sure what that means, as the wild beat the avs 4 out of 6 times this year....
Blueshirts95, why on earth would you be surprised? The Wild have a far better logo than the Avs and one of the best in the league.
OK I concede on the actual game thing. Being the east coaster I am and looking at the standings I implied that the home ice advantage-bound Avs would have a leg up on the outside-looking-in Wild. My bad. However, I will stick to my guns on the logo. I find it much more appealing visually (cleaner) and I personally believe that if you took 100 random people, more would like Colorado's better. The Wild have a top 8 look, but personally I think that Colorado has the best non-original 6 logo out there.
OK i just failed again the Avs will make the playoffs, but not have home ice. Wow I need to look at the western conference much more
Actually, the Avalanche can still get home-ice advantage in the first round. They only trail the Northwest Division-leading Canucks by 5 points, with a game in hand, and a head-to-head meeting remaining.
Call me the king of misinformation!
Minnesota's logo is one of the bests, too bad that it's put in a horrible jersey
Tough week for the ducks....
They're getting killed. First getting slaughetered by the Red Wings, and now this.
But at least my favorite team is stil in it. Go Bruins!! :D
Canadiens should win this whole thing. Best logo hands down. It's so classic.
Someday I would love to see a jersey competition to see how these teams home and away jerseys compete with each other.
PAUL- its not like Orca Bay was this company that owned all these other things and then decided to buy the Canucks and change the logo to match their company name. They were named Orca Bay around the same time they changed the logo, so they go hand in hand. There is no longer an Orca Bay company, so obviously it was a direct link to the Canucks, and not just a company name that influenced the logo change. You could also argue they named the company to suit the city and area, along with the team logo.
I think Chris should consider disqualifying the Canucks because one of the worst logos is going to win a tournament to find the best logo due to fan bias
There may be some bias, but this week it's clearly the better logo. No, I don't give a shit if it really represents a 'canuck' or not. It's much better looking then the hot mess that is the preds logo.
CAn we do a trounament featruting only vinatge logos no longe rin use? (i.e. Buffalo's crossed swords, Vancouver's Stick-in-rink and the Ranger's Lady Liberty crest)? I think that poll as seperate on it's own copuld provide a lot of depth and interesting commentary.
A logo by definition is supposed to symbolize the team name. The Canucks Orca logo is definitely in place because Orca Bay owned the team and wanted to put their mark on them. It's ridiculous to debate otherwise.
As far as the Canucks beating Nashville is concerned I think it's obviously just Canuck fans choosing their logo over another team's. The Orca on its own is not a great logo however. It's not even close to being universally accepted by the Canucks' fan base and never will be.